dtainput-element-dta.md

title	DTAInput Element (DTA) | Microsoft Docs
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DTAInput Element (DTA)

Contains the definition of XML input for Database Engine Tuning Advisor.

Syntax

  
<DTAXML>  
    <DTAInput>  
    ...code removed here...  
    </DTAInput>  

Element Characteristics

Characteristics	Description
Data type and length	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Optional once per DTAXML element.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	DTAXML Element (DTA)
Child elements	Server Element (DTA) Workload Element (DTA) TuningOptions Element (DTA) Configuration Element (DTA)

Remarks

This element is the root of the Database Engine Tuning Advisor input schema hierarchy. Input to Database Engine Tuning Advisor can be arguments that specify the servers whose databases you want to tune, workloads, tuning options, or a user-specified configuration.

Example

For a usage example of the DTAInput element, see Simple XML Input File Sample (DTA).

See Also

XML Input File Reference (Database Engine Tuning Advisor)